The aim of EKLIPSE is to develop a mechanism to inform European-scale policy on biodiversity and related environmental challenges. This paper considers two fundamental aspects of the decision-support mechanism being developed by EKLIPSE: 1) the engagement of relevant actors from science, policy and society to jointly identify evidence for decision making; and 2) the networking of scientists and other holders of knowledge on biodiversity and other relevant evidence. The mechanism being developed has the potential not only to build communities of knowledge holders but to build informal networks among those with similar interests in evidence, be they those that seek to use evidence or those who are building evidence, or both. EKLIPSE has been successful in linking these people and in contributing to building informal networks of requesters of evidence, and experts of evidence and its synthesis. We have yet to see, however, significant engagement of formal networks of knowledge holders. Future success, however, relies on the continued involvement with and engagement of networks, a high degree of transparency within the processes and a high flexibility of structures to adapt to different requirements that arise with the broad range of requests to and activities of EKLIPSE.

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EKLIPSE：让知识持有者和网络参与欧洲关于生物多样性和生态系统服务的循证政策

EKLIPSE 的目标是开发一种机制，为欧洲范围内的生物多样性和相关环境挑战政策提供信息。本文考虑了 EKLIPSE 正在开发的决策支持机制的两个基本方面：1) 来自科学、政策和社会的相关参与者的参与，共同确定决策证据；2) 科学家和其他生物多样性知识持有者和其他相关证据的网络。正在开发的机制不仅有可能建立知识持有者社区，而且有可能在对证据有相似兴趣的人之间建立非正式网络，无论是寻求使用证据的人还是正在建立证据的人，或两者兼而有之。EKLIPSE 已成功地将这些人联系起来，并为建立证据请求者、证据及其综合专家的非正式网络做出了贡献。然而，我们还没有看到正式的知识持有者网络的重大参与。然而，未来的成功取决于网络的持续参与、流程中的高度透明度以及结构的高度灵活性，以适应因对 EKLIPSE 的广泛请求和活动而产生的不同要求。